IDENTITY
箱xiāngbox; case
HSK 3Top 800
CORE MEANING
box; case
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.box; caseHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- ⺮bamboo radical (zhú)
- strokes
- 15
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱竹相
- bamboo
- gives the sound xiāng
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
箱子xiāngzibox
冰箱bīngxiāngrefrigerator
行李箱xínglǐxiāngsuitcase
Graded examples
我把衣服放进箱子里。Wǒ bǎ yīfu fàng jìn xiāngzi lǐ.HSK4
I put the clothes into the box.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 相
LEARNING
Memory aid
Bamboo (⺮) strips facing (相) each other — a woven box.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #800
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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